Beat Arnold

Arnold was born in Altdorf on 24 April 1978 and moved to Unterschächen at a young age.^[2] He earned a degree in civil engineering from the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts in 2004 and earned a master's degree in economic sciences from the same school in 2009.^[3] He later earned a degree in consulting and personal development from the University of Salzburg in 2016.^[2]

Arnold worked as a construction foreman for Swiss Federal Railways from 2009 to 2010.^[4] After his term in the National Council, he returned to consulting.^[5] He was married and the father of five children,^[6] he lived in Schattdorf.^[7]

Beat Arnold died of a brain tumor in Lucerne on 10 October 2021, at the age of 43.^[8]

Arnold served in the Landrat of Uri from September 2006 to July 2010.^[2] On 1 August 2008, he became the leader of the Swiss People's Party group within the Landrat.^[9] He then joined the Executive Council of Uri in August 2010, succeeding Markus Stadler [de]. He stayed in office until May 2016 and headed the security department. He was the first SVP representative on the Executive Council.^[10] In 2015, he won a seat on the National Council, defeating candidates from the Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland and the Green Party of Switzerland.^[11] While in office, he led the Parliamentary Committee of Security Policy [fr].^[2] In 2018, he underwent an operation to remove a brain tumor.^[12] He then announced that he would not seek re-election in 2019.^[13]